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The Madness of March

March came in like a lion and never let up—a whirlwind of buzzer-beaters, acceptance letters, and policy shifts. As college hopefuls anxiously refreshed portals for admissions decisions, the NCAA’s March Madness delivered its annual excitement, with underdog upsets and last-second heroics making headlines. But the activity wasn’t confined to the court or college campuses. The […]

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Early Application Insights and Predictions: Class of 2029

The early admissions season, which stretches from mid-October to mid-February and includes two rounds of binding Early Decision and one round of non-binding Early Action, is shaping up to be one for the record books. Although more top private universities are choosing the path of less transparency regarding their EA or ED application results, we’ve […]

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The Rising Popularity of Southern Colleges

Over the last several months, a range of stories from The Free Press to The Wall Street Journal have proclaimed that students are ditching the Ivies for universities in the South. Setting aside the hyperbolic headlines, why are some Southern universities seeing surges in application volume? Economic factors — the cost of education and career […]

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College Admissions Trends and News

This application season, we’re watching to see how a few things will play out: the reintroduction of the SAT/ACT requirement at several top schools, the drop in enrollments of Black and Latino students, the California ban on legacy admissions, and the predicted “enrollment cliff.” All four will have interesting implications for this application cycle and […]

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Class of 2028 Admissions: A Cycle Marked by New Challenges

This year’s high school seniors navigated an admissions season bookended by the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn affirmative action and a fiasco with the federal financial aid form (FAFSA) that has left half a million students and their families without vital information on college costs and financial aid awards. In between, we saw campuses beset […]

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